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IO1AAAANDs
 Mrs. Charles K. Hicks and Miss M. H. Hicks were registered at the office of the American register, ill London, Aug. 13.
 (FRoM "RETsEL.')
 The weather is about damp enough to take down tobacco, go to camp meeting, set out cabbage plants, or any other such work, were 1t in season. The1e is much of the grass Ill the Skungamaug meadows yet uncut, and at the present time boat would be necessary to get some of it. i. The concert Friday evening was thor oughly enjoyed by those present. The following program was presented Piano so,o-'Polonaise''- F. Chopin, .,
 Miss Miriam Underwood. Chorus -"Come Celebrate the May.'' Solo-female chorus Little Bird"
 soloist, Miss Jessie Turner Song-Selected, Miss B. L. Bray. Chous ''Welcome Home"
 Song-"Alone in the Desert,'
 Mr. G. l. Favor. Piano Solo, Miss Alice M. Phillips. Duett-'' 'Petrels Cry,"
 Miss Bragg and MT. Favor. Chorus-ladies' voices-' Ring the Lily Bells," Song-"M Marguerite, Miss Phillips Duett-" Bitter Cup of Woe,''
 Miss Turner and MT. Favor. Oo1o anu cnoruS- DaugnCef or EErOr." soloist, Miss Phillips. Ladies' chorus Twilight Bells" Trio female voices-''Last Night" a Mrs. Conant, Mrs. Hanks and Miss Phillips. Before the close, by special request, MT. Favor sang with his usual acceptance ''Three Young Men of Ware" Chorus Good Night Thou Glorious Sun" Had not a threatening shower been rising a larger audience would have enjoyed the really good music
 The date of the reading of Miss Susie D.Drew has been changed to Monday eve ming, Aug. 18th. Miss Drew is one of the most popular elocutionists in the state, and is not unknown to Holland people. Some excellent music will be rendered between the readings, making an entertainment that should not be missed Admission 15 and 25 cents. B 4e ss ~sta eaa st Rev. Dr. Strong from Cincinnati preached a splendid sermon at the Con- gregational church last Sunday, and the choir was assisted by Miss Bray and Miss Turner and MT. Geo. I. Favor. t@a 55' -Lightning struck the house of Mir. Manning, Friday evening, but did no dam age. @sss ss asss> ra'.414 as7s sssS Rst .,a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18
The Anarchists.

CHICAGO, March IA special from
Ottawa. ILL.,, where the supreme court is in
session. states that the hearing of the argu-
ments on the motion for new trial for the
seven condemned Haymarket anarchists,
began this morning. The court room was
crowded with spectators. Chief Justice
Scott was absent, but all the other members
of the court were in their places. Mr.. Leon
ard SWEET opened the argument On behalf
of the condemned men but his plea was
disappointing. His line of argument was
that the evidence produced on the trial was
not worthy OF credence. He occupied half
an hour in emphasizing the point that the
evidence of the witness Gilmer was con-
Trajectory and unworthy of belief. AS
soon as he had finished. Mr.. SWEET left the
court room. Mr Ingham followed for the
state, and made stronger and more eff
fective speech even than he made at the
trial in the lower court. Mr.. ZeiSler fol-
lowed for the anarchists. which closed the
argument for the day.
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down to January 1. 1887. To collect,
formulate and report this information three
experts have been appointed. whose SER
vices will be paid for out of the treasury.
The experts appointed are: For the Ohio
river and the bridges which cross 1t be-
tween Pittsburg and Cairo, Henry A. Dud-
ley, secretary of the board of trade, Louis
vile, Ky; for the Upper Mississippi and
the bridges which cross it (some fifteen in
number), between st. Paul and st. Louis,
Frank Johnson. of Clinton, Ia. and for
the Lower Mississippi. between st. Louis
and the Gulf of Mexico, George H. Nor
gan, secretary of the merchants exchange.
st. Louis. 1t is hoped to have the report
completed and published by the meeting of
congress in December next,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-18
The Oxford Fire.

RALEIGH. N. c., March 17.-Later news
from the town of Oxford which was so
nearly destroyed by fire Tuesday confirms
the report that the lire was incendiary.
The white people say that the negroes are
the incendiaries and troops were on duty
there last night and to-day. During the
fire many negroes acted very badly. declin-
ing in most instances to lend q helping
hand and refusing to work for pay. At the
outbreak of the fire it was discovered that
all the bells in town, which are usually
rung in such cases, were tied, and could not
be used in giving the alarm. Two lnen
swung on the rope of the court house bell,
but not a sound could be made. In appre-
hensi on of trouble, Albert Tailor, negro
desperado. whose threatened lynching
aroused the negroes and caused them to
make threats to burn the town, is carefully
guarded. having been brought here Tues
day night. The loss Is now stated to be
500, 900, insurance $500
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"ROBERT rNlMET.n
Credifable Au,ateNr Performance
by the Anderson Dramatic Clubs
The knights TosNigRt-..Eosten

1t was "a jam at the opera house last night
Such an audience has not been inside of the
building for many long day. Robert
Emmett was the attraction, and the title
was sufficient to enlist the sympathy of
every true-hearted lrishman. The play
was produced by the Anderson Dramatic
club. an amateur organization in this city,
and was creditab!y performed. Robert
Emmett was written by Dillon O'Brien.
and the lines breathe with a tender,
patriotic fervor which awakens the
love for his native country and sympathy
for its sutferings in the breast of every son
and daughter of the green isle. While
there were some manifestations Of amateur
ishness in the cast. still the characters were
generally sustained with strength and ac-
curacy of mpersonation that reflected credit
on the performers. Byron l.. Perry, who
took the title role, was especially success
full in giving feeling Interpretation to the
character of the famous Irish patriot, and
spoke the fervid lines with distinct enunci-
alton and with dramatic effect. The aud
ience was evidently pleased with the per-
formance and gave frequent applause. The
Ancient Order of Hibernans. numbering
200, and the Hibernian Rife company,
numbering fifty men, were present in full
regalia and uniform,
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Riot at a Bull Fight.

SAN RAFAEL. Mex, March IA bull
fight took place here yesterday in the pres
ence of 80, 900 people, none of whom had
paid less than SS for a seat or standing
room. The bulls refused to fight, and
finally the spectators burst into the ring and
made an indscriminate attack upon the
bulls and the fighters with chairs and other
convenient missiles. The troops were
called upon to suppress the riot, and several
times We're compelled to charge the crowd
with drawn swords before the maddened
people would desist from their attack upon
the bull fighters. The people resisted the
soldiers, and large numbers of the former,
more or less wounded, were arrested.
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FO7s ST. MAHY'S SCHOOL.

M eMbers of the Parish of ST. Mary
Unite in Giving an Entertainment
sor the Benefit OF the Par0chiaI
school.
Among the many entertainments given
last night in honor of Ireland's patron
saint, none was pleasanter than the concert
and theatrical performance at the Standard
hall given by members of st. Mary's Cath
olic church for the benefit of the parish
school. The hall was crowded with a
highly appreciatiye and select audience.
The first part of the programme consisted
OF the following numbers.
Quartette. "1he Harp Misses Shave, Messrs.
Shaw and Heinlein; address, Ireland and
Her Apostle" Frank MCGUIRE: song, selected,
Mr. Heinlein; duet, "Cheerfulness," Misses
Shave; harp selection. E. 4. Whitaker; song,
The Bells of Shandon,' Miss Alice Shave;
duet, Roma" Messrs. Shave and Heinlen;
quartette, ''rhe Minstrel Boy" Misses Shave
and Messrs. Shaw and Heinlein.
Henry McLachlan acted as accompanist.
Under the management of C. j. Hendy
the comedy of Barney, the Baron,' was
given, with the following cast:
Barney OToole (an itinerant tinker from
the Emerald isle seeking his fortune), John
+. Moore; Augustus, James Fl. Butterfield:
Bluffenberg. John J. Flanagan: Karl, Tom
Brady; Tody Margaret. Miss May Whitaker;
Edith, Emma, Miss Eva Carroll: servant,
Bernerd ,JOyce
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| MYSTERIOUS CASE.
The Legless Body of Well-To-Do Chi
cago Butcher Found at Lock
port, III.
The Mangled Remains Identified BY
Friends, Who Think the Man Was
Murdered.
A Gilt Edged Swindler at New York
Gets Away With About
$1,OOO.OOO.
Arrest of AsSaSsins at Ozark, Mo-
General Criminal In
telligence.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, March 17.-The police are
endeavoring to unravel about as hideous
murder as ever was committed, but clew
to the identity of the murdered man re-
mains to be found. In the canal at Lock.
port this morning was discovered the hor-
ribly mutilated and bloated remains of a
person supposed to be Fred Wirth. Time
alone can determine whether the body is
that Of Wirth or not. Last Sunday Wirth.
who is butcher, mysteriOusly disappeared
from his home. He was in affluent cir
cumstances; blessed with lovely wife and
a kind family and why he should volunta-
rily leave home is uneXplicable While
the gatekeeper was at the lock he noticed q
human form floating near the surface. He
secured graphing iron. and in a short
time brought the body to land. The legs
from the hips were missing: The iugular
vein was severed, and the larynx exposed.
The face was crushed in, as was
also the back part of the
head, but it is thought that
the body will admit Identification.
A wagon removed the remains to police
station, where the coroner will hold an in
quest. When Wirth was first found to be
missing, his wife notified the police. Off
CtTS dG ONCE enecCeu Cne arrest or TWO men
who were last seen in his company. They
are locked up in the Twenty-second street
station. When questioned Tuesday about
Wrth they answered evasively and still
refrain from talking. Wirth had S1OO and
a gold watch on his person when last seen.
Both prisoners We're
WE'LL SUPPLIED WITH FUNDS
when arrested. 1t the body is that of
Wirth he was murdered at some place OH
the south side, the body thrown into the
river, and the current carried it to where it
was found. The prisoners will be brought
before the corpse when it reaches this city.
The officers think that the horror of the
sight will be sufficiest to exact from them,
if guilty, confession.
Later-At late hour tonight several
acquaintance of Frederick Wirth went to
Lockport TO see if it was his body that
was found in the canal this morning. They
identified it at a glance. In what manner
the unfortunate man came to his death is
conjecture, but that it was a horrible one
is probable. The two men who were last
seen in his company and who are still in
the Twenty-second police station were told
OF the discovery, but they stolidly refuse to
talk
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OPERA DOESN'T PAY.
Large Arrears OF Salary Due Mem.
5ers OF the National COMPANY.

New YORK, March 11.-The financial
condition of the National Opera company
causes considerable anxiety to the friends
Of the enterprise. Large arrears of salary
are due to some or the singers, which the
company is apparently unable TO pay. Six
thousand dollars have been due to William
Candidus for some time Mr.. Locke has
referred him to Mrs. Ihurber for the satis-
faction of his claims. and Mrs. ThurbeI
has referred him back again to Mr.. Locke.
Yesterday matters nearly reached a crisis.
Mr.. CandiduS refused to go further on the
existing basis. His friends, who had up
to this time urged him to be patient, at last
advised him to take a decisive step.
Il am sick and tired" said he, ''of being
constantly put OF. l can stand it no longer.
have been singing myself hoarse. have
family and the summer is coming on. The
company owes me $1,000 of back salary.
must state my ultimatum to-day and tell:Mr.
Locke that L must have $4,000 at least this
evening or that will not sing tonight
Mr.. Candidus went directly to Mr.. Locke,
the authorized representative of the COM
pany. Whether it was that Mr.. Locke sat-
isfed him, or Mr.. CandiduS modified his de-
mandS, he sang Nero in the evening,
Nj. Candidus is not the Only member Of
the company to whom back salary is due.
Miss Emma Jush and Miss Pauline LalIe-
mond both have Large claims. though not so
large as that of Mr.. CandiduS. When the
company was playing in Brooklyn they
called on hrs. Thurber and received part
of their arrears for salary. Since that time
their salaries have been paid, but there is
still balance of arrears to the credit OF
each Of these artists. Theodore Thomas
appears to have guarded the interests of
the members of the orchestra. He has
made the management understand that the
musiciads must be paid every Monday or he
will resign the baton of leader. Hence the
orchestra has probably Jared better than
the singers. A question of much interest
to the company is, who is to pay the debtsT
The arrears for the most part were incurred
before the National Opera company as
suined the contracts of the American Opera
company. Hence it is supposed that the
stockholders of the concern are responsible.
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WASHINGTON EVENTS.
More Gossip Regarding the Probable Sue
oessor of Manning in the Treasury
Department.
A Possibility That Whitney May Exchange
the Naval Portfolio for the Vacant
Position.
Ex-senator Van Wyck, OF Nebraska
Has Handsome House 10
Sell.
End1cott Will Stay in the Cabinet
The Zona Libra--New
Guns.
Snecinl To tho Glnhn

Special to the Globe
WASHINGTON, March 17.-The COM
plicatiOn attending the treasury portfolio
remains unacommodated. Prominent New
\ ork Democrats, while admitting that As
sistant Secretary Fairchild has won his
spurs, admOnish the president that his pro-
motion would create wide dissatisfaction
among Democratic politicians in that state
The president desires to surmount the
ditijcHlty by appointing a Western in
cumbent satisfactory alike to financial and
political circles i'll New York. but so far
has not found the right man. 1t has been
suggested as a solution of the dilemma to
transfer Secretary Whitney to the treasury
department and appoint Western man as
secretary of the navy. Mr.. Fairchild could
not complain were member of the cabinet
thus transferred, and Mr.. Whitney, it is
said. is not so desirous to retain the naval
portfolio since congress declined to appro-
pirate a lump sum or even an adequate
amount wnereWith to build new war ships
Mr. Whitney now realizes that the remain
ing two years of his term are not sufficient
to admit of successful naval reconstruction,
Which was his great ambition.
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He Has Disappeared.

Special to the Globe.
LACROSSE, Wis, March III. Well
flinger,a an ice dealer, was probably drowned
this afternoon. He went to the river be-
low to haul out a crib of lumber used to
make bridge from the ice to the shore and
not returning, relative went after him but
found only a cap and pike-pole. The water
is shallow at present and it is difficult to sea
how he could have drowned, but a search
all about town fails to find any trace Of
him. In the morning the river will be
dragged. He was doing well in business
and there is no reason why he should have
voluntarily disappeared. He leaves wife
and six children.
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Tiie Magnolia Accident.

FARGO, Oak, March 1.-THE prelimi-
nary hearing of Mr.. Lowry, conductor OF
the freight in the Northern Pacific collision
at Magnolia on the 18th, was commenced
to-day. The evidence shows so far that he
was not on the time of the passenger at
Magnolia, but got on her time in passing
that point. The defense is that the train
got away from him, and that the engineer
did not get his signals to stop. Three
trains were appointed to meet at Magnolia,
Which has but one side-track, with capac-
ity of only forty-three cars, and one end of
that was spiked down. The examination
will probably be continued tomorrow.
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In the world. One man. who is heavy
loser said that Lawton had overdrawn all
MS accounts. got all the money on his paper
that he could. sold his house, converted all
his property into cash, and left for England
yesterday on his way to his brother who
lives in Sussex. The amount involved by
his operations is placed by everybody at
over 81, 1000, O00
HIS associates look upon his disappear
ance as part of gigantic swinde and be-
lieve that he sailed on one of Wednesdays
steamers. He has brother in Sussex,
Eng, and it is supposed that he has gone
there. After drawing out all his bank ac-
counts he got boy to help remove four or
tve valises, which seemed to be lightly
hlled. His credit was high, and he was
rated atover ST, 600, 600 by the commercial
agencies.
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Voluntary Manslaughter.

PoTTsvILLE, Pa. March 17.-In the
case of Howard Medlar. on trial here since
Monday for the murder of Daniel Miller,
the jury this morning after deliberating all
night, returned verdict of voluntary man-
slaughter. Medlar and Miller became in
volved in quarrel on the evening OF Dec.
16 last, in saloon at Mahanoy City, and
Medlar shot Miller fatally
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rendered 'Gems of Ireland" composed by
Jones. John f. Gehan, basso. sang "The
Friars of Orders Gray" and, responding to
a hearty encore, gave Killarney" Miss
DaiSie Davidson, soprano, sang Moore's
minstrel Boy" p. J. Christople. bari
tone, gave The Wanderer," and Miss Mae
Murphy, contrato, Low Back Car" Miss
Murphy was twice recalled responding with
a beautiful rendition of 1.-The Waterfall" )"
). II. Donahue. tenor, sang ''ro Her
Love-" and all encore 1.-The Dear Little
Shamrock" The closing quartette, Good
Night" was sung by Miss Davidson and
Miss Murphy and Messrs. Donahue and
Gehan.ss Prof. Charles j. Dunster acted as
accOmnaniSt
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VAN yyyck Wants TO Sell.

SptCIttI 20 IIG GIODt.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-One of the
handsomest private residences in this city
is that Of ex-senator Van Wyck. Of Ne.
braska. situated in the neighborhood Of the
Chinese embassy. The house is most de-
sirably located at the corner of Eighteenth
street and Massachusetts avenue, the most
fashionable quarter of Washington. and its
tenants have been the ex-senator. his wife
and baby. Since Nebraska decided to
leave the enemy of monopoly at home. Mr..
Van Wyck has been anxious to dispose OF
his house, and to-day he put it in the mar
ket demanding S65, 900 for it,
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New GunA.

WASHINGTON, March 17.-An eight
inch rified gun intended for the new cruiser
Boston. has been completed at Washington
navy yard and sent to the proving grounds
at Annapolis, Md, ssfor trial Another gun
OF the same calibre, two twelve inch rifles
and several six inch guns, all to form part Of
the armament OF the Boston are now in
process Of manufacture at the Washington
navy yard
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Captured in New York.

NEW YORK, March 17.-On Dec. 20 last
captain of a lake steamboat was enticed
by a woman of the town named Lyons into
Chicago den, drugged, robbed and fear
fully beaten by a notorious thief named
William O'Neil, of Halstead and Twenty
second Streets in that city. The couple
captured $3.50 and disappeared. Inspector
Brynes on Monday received description of
O'Neil from the Chicago chief of police.
Detectives arrested their man last night Oh
the Bowery. He was held to-day to await
q re0uiSitiOn.
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The New Ma,l service.

WASHINGTON, March 17-Second AS
sstant Postmaster General Knott and Chief
Clerk Nash. of the postoffice department.,
returned to Washington this morning from
trip to Kansas City on the first train in
the new fast mail service to the West. They
report the new service complete success.
The second mail train over this route made
an average of fifty-two miles an hour be-
tween Columbus, o., and st. Louis. In
some portions of the state the train made
Seventy-five miles an hour.
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Gas ExpIOsiOn.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, March 17.-An ex-
plosion of gas occurred in the Conyngham
mine of the Delaware & Hudson Coal conf
pany this morning. Four men were burned,
two OF them. it is believed. fatally. Their
names are Stephen Snyder, William Bloom
and William Themann
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JONES OF FLORIDA.
kHe Breaks His Long Silence with q
st. EatrIck,s.Day Grafton.

DETROIT. Mich, March 17-At the cell
ebration of st. Patrick's day in this city to-
night, Senator G. w. Jones, of Florida,
was one of the chief speakers. After
speaking of the marvellous progress made in
the country since its first settlement, he
took up the subject Of labor, opposing any
government interference between labor and
capital. He then said:
When we speak Of the South it cannot be
meant that any material change has taken
place in the character or quality of the peo-
pie, nor do l think it desirable that there
should be any change, for / am sure from
what know of them if one did take place it
would he for the worst. They are generous,
brave, open-hearted people, utterly devoid
Of the close, calculating, selfish power
that you will find in some parts
of the country, strongly developed and as
free from bigotry and intolerance as any
people under the sun. They were greatly
misunderstood at the North before the late
civil war, and they are misunderstood yet
have lived among them since | was II years
old, and / have had an experience that few
natives ever have had to test their true
character. / don think there is any part of
the country where | could have got to the bar
and succeeded so well as at the South; and
l am quite sure that if my lot had been cast
in any other part OF the country than the one
! live in, Jones, of Florida, would never have
gwen SO mucn trouble TO the newspapers
as he has in recent days. The changes which
have taken place at the South were such as
might have been expected to follow the result
of the great war. Freedom is now national
not sectional The amendments to the con-
stitufion have been sincerely accepted by the
people. The emancipated slaves are con-
ceded every political right enjoyed by the
white mon, and are doing as well as any labor
ing classs in the world. The right of
secession with the institution of
slavery is abandoned forever, and since the
people have begun to regulate their own af-
fairs, peace, contentment and prosperity
have followed. There is no part of the
South with which l am acquainted where
Northern men will not be welcomed and
conceded as much freedom of opinion as
they can have anywhere. With the
exceptions that l have stated there is
nothing new about the South, nor Is there any
desire for a change. The simplicity and sim
cerity of social life at the South need no i'm
provcment from older countries to increase
the happiness of the people, for in some of
the over-refned civilizations of the earth
there will be found an internalsrottenness
which, if revealed to public view, would
shock every feeling of humanity.
Senator Jones leaves here in a few days
10 enter the race for senator from Florida.
The election takes place early in April